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Increase for the year 1911, $6,755,567, or 22.8 per cent. 



The total value of home-produced and imported articles for consumption 

 for the year 1911 is $36,341,782, against $29,586,215 for the year 1910. This 

 is an increase of $6,755,567, or 22.8 per"' cent, for the whole year. 



Taking the values of imported products in 1911, we find the total to be 

 $14,699,854, a decrease of $487,371, or 3.2 per cent., compared with the 1910 

 figures ($15,187.225). This year, also for the first, time in the history of 

 British Columbia, the value of live-stock, dairy and other agricultural products 

 produced in the Province exceeded the combined values of similar imports from 

 all other points, the figures being as follows : Home products, $21,641,928 ; 

 total imports, $14,699,854; excess, $6,942,074, or 47.2 per cent; and the value 

 of similar home products in 1910 is exceeded by $7,242,838, or 50.3 per cent. 



The chief increases in home production are as follows : 



DUTIABLE IMPOBTS. 



As regards dutiable imports, the figures for 1911 ($3,840,183) show an 

 increase of $1,486,551, or 63.1 per cent., over those of 1910, the chief increases 

 being in the following items : 



Decreases. 



